Re: [Sheflug] Network card installation

["Alex Hudson" <nospam [at] alexhudson.com>]

> > Firstly, don't compile ethernet drivers into the kernel, unless you have
> > great reasons for doing so.
>
>  Excuse my ignorance, but why not?

'Cos you get to choose options (irq, great for isa; duplex mode, etc., all
sorts of things), you get to turn the hardware on and off, and you don't
lose anything. Takes a bit more work to do it in the first place, but I
firmly believe in compiling as much as possible as modules. Everything, in
fact*.

Cheers,

Alex.

* 'Cept ide support, ext2fs, etc.... :))

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